Card-printing and embossing press.



E. E. POLLOCK.

CARD PRINTING AND EMBOSSING PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2. 1915.

15168340. Patented Jan. 18, 1916.

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E. E. POLL K.

CARD PRINTING AND SSING PRESS.

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EIDl/VAR'D E. POLLOCK, OF NEVJ: YORK, N. 31, ASSIGNOPVTO DAYLOCK CORPORATION, OF NEW,YORK, N. Y, A CORPORATION OF NEW YURK.

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Application filed January 2,1915.

To all 16/ 10721 it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD E. PoLLoCK, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New Y-orlghave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Card Printing and Embossing Presses, of which the following is a full and clear specification.

My invention relates in general to presses and especially those for effecting the printing and embossing operation upon cards used for signs and notices, in which the characters'are cut from colored paper and forced into the card.

The objects of the invention are mainly to provide a cheaply constructed hand press of great power, and to produce a press in which the materials operated upon are readily accessible to the operation for adjustment and manipulation when required.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top plan view of the press with parts broken away; Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same, taken transversely of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the same on a plane 90 from the plane of Fig. 2.

Referring more specifically to said drawing indicates the upright posts mounted in frame 11. A stationary bed 12 which may be an integral portion of frame 11 extends across the bottom of the press and has mounted to roll thereon a series of lower anti-friction rollers 13, which are lournaled' in a traveling frame 1 1. A moving bed plate 15 rests upon the anti-friction rollers 13 and is constantly urged toward normal position by a coiled spring 16on push rod 17, which is mounted in the bed plate 15 as shown clearly in Fig. 2 of the drawing. A pressure plate 18 generally similar to moving bed plate 15 with a return spring 19 on push rod 20 is mounted above the moving bed 15 and held apart therefrom by the interposed cam bar 21, which normally presents two fiat sides to the adjacent faces of plates 15 and 18, whereby the pressure plate 18 is supported. A series of anti-friction rollers 22 journaled in a moving frame 23 is mounted upon the upper face of pressure plate 18, and supports the pressing table 24,- on which are mounted the card 25 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 18, 1916.

Serial N0. 195.

with the colored paper and thecutting and embossing type 26. The pressure plate, 18 and the pressing table 2% are free to move vertically within the frame 11, and such movement is effected by means of the cam bar .21, above referred to. To operate the cam bar 21 I secure at one end thereof, which projects beyond the frame 11, asocket 27 for the reception of an operating arm 28, which latter is manually actuated. The socket 27 forms one of the journals for the cam bar 21 and is provided with a retaining flange 29. The other end of cam bar 21 is mounted in the journal collar 30, which has a retaining flange 31. The socket 27 and collar 30 are mounted in the frame 11. At the top of the press I mount the stationary platen 82, against which the pressure is to be applied and which is secured in place by the nuts 33.

It will now be understood that by operatlng the arm 28, the cam bar 21 will be oscillated upon its axis and by a frictional contact with bed plate 15 and pressure plate 18 will cause the former to move to the right in Fig. 2, and the latter to the left, at the same time elevating the pressure plate 18 and the pressing table 2 1 with the materials mounted thereon, until the backs of the cutting and embossing type 26 are arrested by the stationary platen 32. The anti-friction rollers 13 and 22 during the operation move in the direction of their re spective plates. The shape of the cam bar 21. is such that a large portion (for example 90%) of the elevation stroke is free motion, whereas the remainder of the stroke (for example 10%) is the working stroke during which the cutting and embossing of the paper is being accomplished. It will be seen by the shape of the cam 21 that this latter portion of the stroke represents the maximum power and consequently minimum motion per degree of oscillation of the cam bar 21. After the impression has been made, the arm 28 is lowered, whereby the pressure is withdrawn and the type 26 are exposed for removal and to give access to the product.

I claim:

1. A press of the character described, comprising in combination a stationary bed plate, bed and pressure plates movable transversely of the application of pressure, a cam bar working between said plates to develop pressure, a stationary platen, and a pressing table moved by said pressure plate toward said stationaryplaten.

2. A press of the character described, comprising in combination a stationary platen,

a stationary bed plate, bed and pressure plates movable transversely of the application of pressure, a cam bar working between said plates to develop pressure, a manually actuated arm for rocking said cam bar, and a pressing table moved by said pressure plate toward said stationary platen.

3. A press of the character described, comprising in combination a stationary bed plate, bed and pressure plates, movable transversely of the application of pressure, a cam bar working between said plates to develop pressure a stationary platen, a pressing table moved by said pressure plate toward said stationary platen, and anti-friction rollers between said stationary and movable bed plates and between said pressure plate and pressing table.

4; A press of the character described, comprising in combination a stationary bed plate, bed and pressure plates, movable transversely of the application of pressure, returnsprings tending to restore said movable plates to normal position, a cam bar Working between said plates to develop pressure, a stationaryplaten, and a pressing table moved by said pressure plate toward said stationary platen.

EDWARD E. POLLOCK.

Witnesses:

WM. A. COURTLAND, OCTAVIUS KNIGHT.

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